Customer Service Rep

The primary function of a Customer Service Rep is to manage ongoing relationships with customers within a designated area by accepting freight, resolving issues, and maintaining customer requirements.

• Develop and maintain relationships with customers
• Obtain and upkeep driver and company productivity goals are being met
• Review a list on incoming trucks while speaking directly with customers to take load information and book freight on all available trucks
• Ability to maintain assigned territory of customers
• Maintain and log pre-booked freight that cannot be immediately assigned
• Contact new and existing customers to solicit additional freight, as necessary to load trucks within the designated area
• Research and resolve customer inquiries and problem
• Effectively communicate with customers, sales, fleet managers, and other internal personnel
• Participate in total quality management and process improvement teams
• Utilize web-based technology to gather and track operation data
• Enter customer data and shipping instructions into a computer database

• Four-year degree, preferably in Transportation and Logistics and/or relevant experience
• Fluent in keyboard proficiency and 10-key
• Ability to plan, organize, be attentive to detail and possess a strong problem-solving skill
• Excellent interpersonal skills
• Ability to function in a fast-paced work environment and tolerate stress
• Ability to write routine reports and correspondence

• Must be able to sit and use a telephone and computer simultaneously for extended periods of time
• Must be able to speak and hear clearly in a high volume telephone environment